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callousness noun[ U ] uk /ˈkæl.əs.nəs/ us /ˈkæl.əs.nəs/ behaviour that is unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people: 冷酷无情;无同情心,麻木不仁 She felt the rules showed a callousness and indifference to the suffering of others.她觉得这些规则表现出一种冷酷无情,对他人的痛苦漠不关心。 I am appalled by the callousness of some business people. 我对一些商人的冷酷无情感到震惊。 See
callous They had an attitude of callousness to the needs of the rural population. He exercised authority with small-minded callousness. I cannot believe their callousness in carrying out such exploitation of other human beings. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something cutthroat meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly mordant trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian |